[HTML][HTML] Health literacy and infectious diseases: why does it matter?

E Castro-Sánchez, PWS Chang, R Vila-Candel… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives Multifactorial interventions are crucial to arrest the threat posed by infectious
diseases. Public involvement requires adequate information, but determinants such as …

Health literacy and health outcomes in persons living with HIV disease: a systematic review

R Reynolds, S Smoller, A Allen, PK Nicholas - AIDS and Behavior, 2019 - Springer
Low health literacy is associated with challenges for those living with HIV including
medication non-adherence and poorer health outcomes. The aim of this study was to …

The Italian Health Literacy Project: Insights from the assessment of health literacy skills in Italy

R Palumbo, C Annarumma, P Adinolfi, M Musella… - Health Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
Inadequate health literacy, namely the problematic individual's ability to navigate the health
care system, has been depicted as a silent epidemic affecting a large part of the world …

Development and validation of a short and easy-to-use instrument for measuring health literacy: The Health Literacy Instrument for Adults (HELIA)

M Tavousi, A Haeri-Mehrizi, F Rakhshani, S Rafiefar… - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Background Health literacy is the ability to access to, understand, evaluate and use of
essential health information to make basic health decisions. This study aimed to develop …

[BUCH][B] The bright side and the dark side of patient empowerment: Co-creation and co-destruction of value in the healthcare environment

R Palumbo - 2017 - books.google.com
Patient empowerment as a key component in the future of healthcare systems is the focus of
this concise in-depth analysis. It begins by defining patient empowerment as a collaborative …

Ending the HIV epidemic in the USA: an economic modelling study in six cities

B Nosyk, X Zang, E Krebs, B Enns, JE Min… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background The HIV epidemic in the USA is a collection of diverse local microepidemics.
We aimed to identify optimal combination implementation strategies of evidence-based …

The determinants of access to information on the Internet and knowledge of health related topics in European countries

G Liobikienė, J Bernatonienė - Health Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to analyze the determinants of access to health-related information
on the Internet and their influence on perceived knowledge of health-related topics in …

“She is like a sister to me.” Gender-affirming services and relationships are key to the implementation of HIV care engagement interventions with transgender women …

A Maiorana, J Sevelius, JA Keatley, G Rebchook - AIDS and Behavior, 2021 - Springer
We present findings from qualitative interviews (N= 67) with 36 staff and 31 participants of
nine distinct individual and/or group level interventions to engage transgender women of …

Associations between COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and the experience of violence among women and girls living with and at risk of HIV in Nigeria

MO Folayan, O Arije, A Enemo, A Sunday… - African journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: Women and girls living with and at high risk of HIV (WGL&RHIV) had an increased risk
for gender-based violence (GBV) during COVID-19. The study aimed to assess the …

The missing link to patient engagement in Italy: The role of health literacy in enabling patients

R Palumbo, C Annarumma, P Adinolfi… - Journal of health …, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the changing patterns of users' behavior in
the health care service system. Although patient engagement and health services' co …